Barry Mann quotes
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“If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.”
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“I've written songs sober and I've written songs high.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“We became the songs we wrote.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“You can get stale writing with each other for a while.”
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“You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“Who put the bomp in the bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp, who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong?”
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“You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.”
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“One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.”
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“I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.”
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“I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.”
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“I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.”
-- Barry MannSource : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
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“You have to be very brave in that first writing session.”
-- Barry Mann
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